Record Review Podcast Podcast
Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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Saint-Sa毛ns's Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 'Organ Symphony'
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recording of Saint-Sa毛ns's Organ Symphony
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Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale
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Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"
Mon 5 Feb 2024
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, 'Les Adieux'
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Mozart's String Quintet No.3
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in C
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Schumann's Cello Concerto
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Laura Tunbridge chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Cello Concerto
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Bach's Orchestral Suites
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's four Orchestral Suites
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Haydn's The Creation
Mon 8 Jan 2024
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Creation.
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Schubert鈥檚 Winterreise
Tue 2 Jan 2024
Pianist Allyson Devenish picks the ultimate version of Schubert鈥檚 song cycle Winterreise.
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Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty
Tue 2 Jan 2024
Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
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Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss with Jeremy Sams
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Fairy's Kiss
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Bruckner's Symphony No 8 in C minor
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor
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Bart贸k's The Miraculous Mandarin
Mon 4 Dec 2023
Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of B茅la Bart贸k's The Miraculous Mandarin
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Ravel鈥檚 Le tombeau de Couperin
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Ravel鈥檚 Le tombeau de Couperin
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Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Mon 20 Nov 2023
William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto
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Dvo艡谩k's Symphony No 9 in E minor
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Dvo艡谩k's 'New World' Symphony
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JS Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mon 6 Nov 2023
Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of JS Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor.
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Schubert鈥檚 Four Impromptus, D935
Mon 6 Nov 2023
Pianist Iain Burnside chooses the ultimate recording of Schubert鈥檚 Impromptus, D935
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Brahms's Clarinet Trio in A minor
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Natasha Loges chooses her favourite version of Brahms's Clarinet Trio
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Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Beethoven's Symphony No 8 in F.
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Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
Mon 9 Oct 2023
Nigel Simeone discusses his favourite recordings of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
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Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite version of Schumann's Piano Quartet, Op.47
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Mahler's Symphony no. 8 in E-flat Major
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Gillian Moore's personal recommendation for Mahler's epic 'Symphony of a Thousand'
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Mozart's Symphony No 35 in D, 'Haffner'
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's Symphony No. 35 in D major
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Stravinsky's Petrushka
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Jonathan Cross with a personal recommendation for Stravinsky's second ballet Petrushka,
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The essential works by English composer William Byrd.
Tue 4 Jul 2023
A survey of William Byrd with Kirsten Gibson and Andrew McGregor.
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Poulenc鈥檚 Piano Concerto in C sharp minor
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Poulenc's Piano Concerto.
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Puccini's Tosca
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Roger Parker's recommendation for the ultimate recording of Puccini's opera Tosca.
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Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
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Brahms's A German Requiem
Mon 5 Jun 2023
Composer John Rutter's recommendation of a recording of Brahms's A German Requiem
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Smetana's The Bartered Bride
Tue 30 May 2023
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Smetana's The Bartered Bride
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